How Cardiff squad rates in value stakes
THE Premier League is awash with cash and is widely regarded as the richest division in the world.
Manchester City, who have an embarrassment of riches, have a squad worth over a billion pounds.
They have the most expensive squad value of the 20 teams, so it’s no surprise they are pushing for the league title.
At the other end of the scale we have Neil Warnock’s Cardiff City. Their squad value of £79m puts them in 20th place - but also demonstrates the superb job manager Neil Warnock is doing.
Many wrote off the Bluebirds off before a ball was even kicked this season – which makes their position outside of the relegation spots even more astounding, when set against the figures we outline in detail below.
The Bluebirds, it is fair to say, are punching way above their weight.
The squad values of the teams that came up with them are thus - Wolves £209m, who are seventh in the league, and Fulham £22m, who languish below Cardiff in 19th.
Cardiff’s other relegation rivals, Southampton, Newcastle, Burnley and even Huddersfield, have a squad value well in excess of the Bluebirds’ figure.
According to Transfermrkt these are the latest market value figure for the Premier League and the highest-valued players in each squad.
Man City £1.1bn –
Bruyne £135m
Chelsea £816.53m –
Hazard £108m Harry Kane £135m
Fulham £222.75m –
Sessegnon £31.5m
Wolves £209.07m –
Neves £22.5m
AFC Bournemouth £208.35m
12th Jefferson Lerma £22.5m 14th
Crystal Palace £190.13m –
Wilfried Zaha £27m
Burnley £161.78m –
Wood £16.2m
Brighton £161.55m
– 13th Alireza Jahanbakhsh £16.2m 8th Andre Gray and Abdoulaye Doucoure £13.5m
Newcastle United £159.03m –
15th Jonjo Shelvey and Jamaal Lascelles £13.5m
Huddersfield Town £106.74m – Cardiff City £79.79m
20th Terence Kongolo £13.5m –17th Bobby Reid £9m 2nd Kevin De
Liverpool £833.85m –
1st Mohamed Salah £135m
4th Eden
Tottenham £743.85m – Manchester United £697.50m – Arsenal £544.05m –
6th Romelu Lukaku £90m 5th P-E Aubameyang - £67.5m
Everton - £391.95m –
11th Jordan Pickford and Richarlison £31.5m
Leicester City £303.75m –
Harry Maguire £40.5m
West Ham £273.60m –
Felipe Anderson £31.5m
Southampton £233.19m –
Ryan Bertrand and Jannik Vestergaard £18m
Watford £160.65m –
3rd 7th 10th 18th 19th Ryan 9th Ruben –
16th Chris